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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 858 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 

study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio, as a unit of the National 

Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 14, 2011 

Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 

special resource study to determine the suitability and 

feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles Young 

Home in Xenia, Ohio, as a unit of the National Park 

System, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Colonel Charles Young 

5 Home Study Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) Colonel Charles Young was— 

2 (A) a distinguished African-American offi3 cer in the United States Army; 

4 (B) the third African-American to grad5 uate from West Point; 

6 (C) a commander of troops in combat in— 

7 (i) the Spanish-American War; and 

8 (ii) the Mexican expedition against 

9 Pancho Villa; 

10 (D) 1 of the first military attache ́s in the 

11 United States; and 

12 (E) a pioneer of techniques in military in13 telligence; 

14 (2) the experience of Colonel Young in the 

15 Army between 1884 and 1922 illustrates the chang16 ing nature of race relations in the United States 

17 during a period spanning from the end of the Civil 

18 War to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement; 

19 (3) Colonel Young was a friend and associate of 

20 other distinguished African-Americans of the period, 

21 including poet Paul Laurence Dunbar from nearby 

22 Dayton, Ohio; 

23 (4) as the commander of an Army unit assigned 

24 to protect and develop Sequoia National Park and 

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1 fornia, Colonel Young is recognized as the first Afri2 can-American to be the Superintendent of a Na3 tional Park; and 

4 (5) the home of Colonel Young located near 

5 Xenia, Ohio, is— 

6 (A) a National Historic Landmark; and 

7 (B) closely associated with— 

8 (i) Wilberforce University, a histori9 cally Black university at which Colonel 

10 Young served as Professor of Military 

11 Science; and 

12 (ii) Central State University, which 

13 is— 

14 (I) a historically Black univer15 sity; and 

16 (II) the location of the National 

17 Afro-American Museum and Cultural 

18 Center. 

19 SEC. 3. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY. 

20 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred 

21 to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with 

22 the Secretary of the Army, shall conduct a special resource 

23 study of the Colonel Charles Young Home, a National His24 toric Landmark in Xenia, Ohio (referred to in this Act 

25 as the ‘‘Home’’). 


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1 (b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub2 section (a), the Secretary shall— 

3 (1) evaluate any architectural and archeological 

4 resources of the Home; 

5 (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of 

6 designating the Home as a unit of the National 

7 Park System; 

8 (3) consider other alternatives for preservation, 

9 protection, and interpretation of the Home by Fed10 eral, State, or local governmental entities or private 

11 and nonprofit organizations, including the use of 

12 shared management agreements with the Dayton 

13 Aviation Heritage National Historical Park or spe14 cific units of that Park, such as the Paul Laurence 

15 Dunbar Home; 

16 (4) consult with the Ohio Historical Society, 

17 Central State University, Wilberforce University, 

18 and other interested Federal, State, or local govern19 mental entities, private and nonprofit organizations, 

20 or individuals; and 

21 (5) identify cost estimates for any Federal ac22 quisition, development, interpretation, operation, and 

23 maintenance associated with the alternatives consid24 ered under the study. 


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1 (c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study required under 

2 subsection (a) shall be conducted in accordance with sec3 tion 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5). 

4 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

5 on which funds are first made available for the study 

6 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 

7 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

9 Resources of the Senate a report that contains— 

10 (1) the results of the study under subsection 

11 (a); and 

12 (2) any conclusions and recommendations of the 

13 Secretary. 

14 (e) FUNDING.—The study authorized under this sec15 tion shall be carried out using existing funds of the Na16 tional Park Service. 

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